delete URLs of all terms for a specific taxonomy vocabulary

Question

Using pathauto module, I know we have a Delete aliases tab to delete URLs in bulk but what if we need to delete URLs of all terms for specific vocabulary?

Any idea how to do that?

Answer 1

To delete the aliases you will need a custom module or perhaps a custom VBO action based on the update taxonomy term alias action. Here is a quick and dirty version of a custom module

aliases_delete.info

name = delete aliases
description = will delete vocabulary aliases for specific vocabulary 
package = aliases_delete
version = 1
core = 7.x
dependencies[] = pathauto

aliases_delete.module

<?php

function aliases_delete_menu() {
  $items['aliases_delete/%'] = array(
    'page callback' => 'aliases_delete_delete_vocabulary',
    'page arguments' => array(1),
    'access callback' => 'taxonomy_term_edit_access',
    'access arguments' => array(2),
  );
  return $items;
}

function aliases_delete_delete_vocabulary($vocabulary_name){
  $vocab = taxonomy_vocabulary_machine_name_load($vocabulary_name);
  $terms = entity_load('taxonomy_term', FALSE, array('vid' => $vocab->vid));
  foreach ($terms as $term) {
    pathauto_entity_path_delete_all('taxonomy_term', $term, "taxonomy/term/{$term->tid}");
  }  
  return 'Deleted aliases of all terms in ' . $vocabulary_name;
}

If you enable and install this module you can visit as admin aliases_delete/tags to delete all aliases of terms in vocabulary tags

To update the path aliases of specific taxonomy terms (instead of deleting) you can use VBO - views_bulk_operations

• install and enable the module
• create a view of taxonomy terms and use appropriate filters for vocabulary
• add field "view bulk operations" and save your view
• go to your view and select all terms that will be updated (VBO can select multiple pages of results)
• choose the update taxonomy term alias action and press execute
• all terms should be updated according to the new pathauto rules